Peter In Portugal

A nice short film about our friend Peter Turnley in Portugal, on a Portuguese website, Público; reader John Krill sent me the link.

The interview must be very new—Peter's in Portugal right now, and I notice that one of the pictures featured at the end of the interview is one that I know he took just the other day.

Mike
(Thanks to John)

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Ed: "Nice little feature on Peter. He's probably right, photography is about life, most of the time. Or about what's become of it these days. I like the way he shoots, never sneaky, always in the open and in full view of the public and with a lot of Aretha Franklin in his mind."

Manuel: "Let me put this into context, Mike: Público is a portuguese newspaper which employs the best portuguese photojournalists and is very seriously focussed on quality—which, of course, includes photography. Reading this newspaper can be nothing short of a revelation when it comes to knowing the work of the greatest photographers. (And, of course, Peter Turnley is a great photographer, entirely worth Público's attention.) Not only they publish great photographs, but they often publish rather interesting articles on photography. It's a newspaper that's worth reading, and even more so because of the sheer quality of the photographs they publish.

"As you see, that's as far removed from the Chicago Sun-Times affair as you can imagine...."

Comments

[Ed Hawco]

Ah, Lisbon. Such fond memories. And one jarring one: the sound of my Nikon FE2 clattering off those lovely stone steps when it slipped out of my hand. Bent the back, and I didn't realize there was a light leak until I got the film developed. (Years later, thanks to the magic of cropping, B&W conversion, and digital burning, I was able to hide some of the leaks: http://www.blork.org/mondaymorning/index.php?showimage=192)

If you want to know what Lisbon can look like, check out "Lisbon Story," a 1994 film by Wim Wenders. A small film that Wenders made as a pet project, or as he called it, "a love song for Lisbon." A visually and aurally beautiful film. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_Story_%281994_film%29

[Eric Rose]

Excellent video. Loved his thoughts on workshops. My workshops are almost totally visual and organic in nature. I abhor all the equipment "stuff" and all the prattle that goes along with it.

[Jeffrey Lee]

I really hope to take his workshop someday. His work is always great and so human.

[Paul]

Nice and it's great to see someone in love with life.

[Carsten Bockermann]

I followed Peter's posts from Lisbon on Facebook over the last week or so. Excellent work! Frankly said I've been thinking about returning to Lisbon since my frist visit back in 1990 or 1991, but never got around to actually doing so. Next spring might be a good point in time... ;-)

[Kenneth Tanaka]

Thanks for this, John. A very nice little film on Peter's work and philosophy.

[Patrick Dodds]

Thanks for the link Mike - beautiful.

[Roger Bradbury]

I can hear the audio, but there's no picture. Is it just me?

[I hope so. There should be video as well as audio. --Mike]

[Robin Dreyer]

What a good guy.